County profile
Kauai County, HI
United States · GDP 2024
#672 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
27,099
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,281
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
73,400
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$97.7k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
30.1%±1.9%
Poverty rate
9.1%±1.2%
Business applications
1,143 · 2025
Retail establishments
356
48.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Food & accommodation37%
Retail trade20%
Admin & support14%
Health care14%
Construction8%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
73,400
residents · 2025 · +0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $67.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,212
International migration+917
Natural change+469
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.4B2019
$3.9B2020
$4.2B2021
$4.9B2022
$5.3B2023
$5.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$873.2k±$15.4k
Median gross rent
$1.9k/mo±$78/mo
Vacancy rate
22.4%±1.8%
Affordability
15.5× wages
Residential permits
$106.0M
130 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
84.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 95Wildfire 93Lightning 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4482016
4652017
4952018
5242019
5392020
5972021
7032022
7622023
8272024
8202025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -24% since 20211702021
1602022
1532023
1412024
1302025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
172.2 km
I-2
Nearest freight rail
323.7 km
LKPR
Nearest port
15.6 km
STATE OF HAWAII, PORT ALLEN PIER
Nearest commercial airport
27.2 km
LIHUE
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):2,045,738 short tons/yr · Nawiliwili, Kaua'i, HI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.4k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kauai?
Kauai's economy produced $5.6B in 2024, growing 4.5% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.